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“Report finds Edinburgh’s transport network is one of the best in the world”
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Posted 6 years ago #
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Just realised that comparing power use on an E-bus versus E-car fails to acknowledge the fact that the bus passenger travels further on less Kws too.
E-train or tram with overhead wires is of course much more efficient - something they knew 100 years ago.Posted 6 years ago # -
A bus or a car may often travel with average of much less people than can take. With a bus also get extra miles that may not have been travelled in a car or a bike. Some buses wander all over the place so adding extra miles, would need to include the waste extra miles to compare journey for journey. A bike may go more directly . A train may often travel with very low occupancy ( the trains that run over occupancy, over 100 percent hide the real average in stats ), they show the average train being more full than is. Light rail may gain efficiency at other costs to efficiency stopping the bus to let tram past.
Also with a train route being so maintainer intensive the track a lot of staff, I would guess a bus is more efficient, but less than e bike. Is an e bike more efficient than even walking, as a regular bike is I suppose would depend how much boast was used.Posted 6 years ago # -
http://www.thenational.scot/news/15790663.Buses_relied_on_by_20__of_young_people_in_Scotland/
Buses relied on by 20% of young people in Scotland.
Posted 6 years ago # -
While walking down Leith Walk yesterday I was keeping a deliberate eye on bus patronage
I reckoned very few were with <30 pax after Albert St. Far more than were being carried in private vehicles.
Posted 6 years ago # -
Roll them on to Granton! Newhaven! Leith! (with due attention to cycle provision)
Journeys made on Edinburgh's trams rose by 19% in the last year to 6.6 million.
Bosses say it's largely down to a new timetable which increased capacity.
Also, trials are underway to double the frequency at the busiest times
https://planetradio.co.uk/forth/local/news/big-jump-number-journeys-made-edinburgh-trams/
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Bosses say it's largely down to a new timetable which increased capacity.
Guess the question is can they keep the same capacity if the trams are running a longer route.
Posted 6 years ago # -
If you allow the assumption that the additional miles of track won't include any bottlenecks then I'd guess yes, so long as they have enough trams to maintain the service frequency over a longer route.
Posted 6 years ago # -
"so long as they have enough trams to maintain the service frequency over a longer route."
I thought they bought the whole lot they needed but as the line was curtailed some were mothballed as not required just now?
So I imagine they have enough rolling stock.
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